The Trend: Smart glasses are attempting a comeback nearly a decade after Google’s pioneering wearables fell flat. And Facebook is leading that charge with its recently released Ray-Ban Stories. The glasses feature twin 5-megapixel front cameras that can capture and store about three dozen 30-second videos and roughly 500 photos, per the Verge.

We’ve seen a multitude of wearables developers take part in clinical trials over the past year:.

Facebook already has VR headsets, Ray Ban connected glasses, and Portal communication devices, and is potentially developing its own smart watch. Zuck built it; will they come? Facebook is narrowing its vision for the future in the metaverse, but its biggest challenge will be enticing its global social media base to buy into this new virtual reality.

It has a comprehensive suite of remote clinical trial products (eConsent, wearables, RPM, telehealth, medication adherence). And building it out further (with its new funding) will secure its spot as a market leader in decentralized clinical trials.

Consumer electronics will be the second-fastest-growing category at 12.5%, fueled by new devices, such as the iPhone 13 and Amazon Fire TV Omni Series, and strong demand for wearables. Meanwhile, categories like computers and monitors may experience some fatigue.

The connected car obtains and shares this data through mobile connectivity, sensors and smart devices, cloud access, and big data and analytics interfaces. This data can then be used for purposes as varied as marketing, customer targeting, service activation, billing, logistics, tracking, monitoring, testing, and research and development (R&D).

For instance, key patient wearables, including smartwatches from Apple, Samsung, and Fitbit don’t yet have 5G capability, a barrier that home-health devices like connected scales, thermometers, toothbrushes, and heart rate monitors also face.

In addition, members can enroll in a wearable device wellbeing program that lets them earn $1,000 a year for meeting activity goals. Why it’s worth watching: Virtual-first plans are finding their foothold in US healthcare—now that the largest US insurer launched its own, we expect to see even more insurers launch similar plans in the coming year. Some payers have already started to do this.

And this was the case across the board, from smart TVs to wearable tech. However, the smallest gap between income groups came in the smartphone category. Smartphone use was highest in the middle-income groups, while DE users were only 6 percentage points behind AB individuals. Mobile.

Smart glasses and other smart wearables are likely to become more prevalent and replace mobile in some functions in coming years. Practically, however, they will just become another form factor of mobile. What Does the Rapid Growth of Mcommerce Mean for Retail?

On top of virtual care, it could also offer Amazon Pharmacy services, its Amazon Halo wearable, or even its HIPAA-compliant Alexa voice assistant to make appointments or monitor health. In another example, CVS operates its insurance business Aetna which works primarily through employer-paid health plans.

Not to mention, it can lean into its existing consumer electronics supply chain to leverage it for RPM devices and solutions (like wearables). Moreover, its Current Health acquisition will help it potentially link up with traditional healthcare players, like health systems.

As expected, it’s focused on its foldable flagship products, as well as it's smartwatch and wearable lines. The latter products are a timely move from Samsung, considering its rival Apple’s unprecedented growth in this segment. Products unveiled at Unpacked include:.

But—consumers may not care about data breaches as much as the FTC does: About 60% of US wearable device consumers 14+ say they’re not concerned about the privacy of their data collected by smartwatches or fitness trackers, per a July 2021 Deloitte Connectivity and Mobile Trends report.

We expect that 20.3% of the US population, or 67.6 million people, will use wearables that can connect to the internet (not including medical devices) this year. This number will rise to 76.9 million by 2023. Over time, we believe that this use will result in higher comfort levels with medical-grade wearables as well. Hearables Take Off. Among wearables, ear-worn devices are growing quickly.

Trend No. 9: The battle among Big Tech will boost the wearables market. We forecast that the number of adult smart wearable users will increase 6.6% in 2020 to 62.8 million. Of this group, 41.7 million will be smartwatch users. Among smartwatches, Apple Watch still dominates.

The leak shows that Samsung is continuing to bet on foldables and wearables as it looks to develop areas where it can better differentiate itself from competitors. The takeaway: A leak of this magnitude a month before the Unpacked event could trigger countermoves from competitors who now have a better grasp of Samsung’s product roadmap for new handsets and wearables.

And in March, it scooped up Enso, an app-based wearable that delivers electrical stimulation to relax patients’ muscles. Employers have to spend a ton on chronic pain management—something they’re seeking to curb by bloating their health benefits packages with tools that help enrollees manage conditions like MSK:.

Apple’s new features are reminiscent of tools Amazon unveiled for its early wearable Halo (which tracks users’ tone of voice and movement using a smartphone camera)—early reviews called the tech “invasive” and “creepy.”. In Apple’s case, the mental health data it’s collecting could be leaked in an Apple data breach, putting consumer trust at risk.

For example, high-definition livestreams and interactive content may be targeted to individual screens in cars, on wearables, or on smart refrigerators.

According to the report, that growth was driven in large part by the strong performance of mid- and low-priced wearable options under $100. IDC's Wearables Team research director Ramon T. Llamas recently emphasized that point, saying: “2020 was the year that hearables became the must-have device.” For context, Apple’s AirPods Pro ($250) are considered on the higher end of the price spectrum.